Nancy and Craig march in Savannah

Nancy and I have never ever participated in a march or demonstration.  Strong opinions, but not active politically.  However, our motorhome voyage has apparently done something to our brains.  When we read that Savannah, Georgia was one of the cities that would be participating in the "March for our Lives" movement, promoting common sense gun control reforms, we decided to attend.

We drove to Wright Square, in the heart of Savannah, where the march was scheduled to begin.

The crowd that assembled was large, though nothing like the enormous numbers in some cities.  Not surprising, since Savannah is in the deep south and is an open carry state.  In fact, one woman was packing heat as a friendly counterpoint to the gun control crowd.  (That's a pistol on her right hip.)

The route was about two miles long and took us through some of the beautiful parks that Savannah is known for.  We talked with a number of the marchers and found that many were visitors from blue states, many were local.  The participants ranged from toddlers in strollers to senior citizens struggling with the distances involved.  As we passed folks on the street, their reactions varied from applause to hostility.

At the end of the march we all assembled in a huge open park.  A speaker slowly read the names of each of the victims killed in the recent Parkland, Florida massacre.  We listened for a while, turned over a police car, broke windows, set fires, and began the long trek back to our pickup truck.  (For anyone who doesn't get my odd sense of humor, part of the preceding is untrue.)

When we began our explorations of the country almost four months ago, most RV parks were relatively empty, and we could wait and call on the day of our travels and find an available site in just about any RV park that was open.  However, as we entered the regions that stay warm in the winter and are therefore attractive to people up north, things got tighter.  And lately it's become more and more difficult to find accommodations in the parks we'd like to stay in.  We were determined to explore the legendary city of Savannah, but all their RV parks were full.  We felt lucky to find an opening on Hilton Head Island, an hour's drive to and from Savannah.

But what a park this is!  It's called Hilton Head Island Motorcoach Resort, and I consider it the Beverly Hills of RV parks.  They don't allow trailers or fifth wheelers, only motorhomes, so it's rather exclusive, expensive at $90 a day, and our modest motorhome is not among the most impressive units.  It's a truly gorgeous facility, beautifully landscaped and well maintained, with lots of tall trees and a large manmade lake in the center.

Each site here is individually owned, and there are sites presently available for sale ranging from $56,000 to $110,000.  We talked with a lady from New York who four years ago came here and stayed for three days, fell in love with the place, purchased a lakefront lot, and now lives in this park in their motorhome year round.  We could almost imagine ourselves doing the same thing, buying a site and living here in paradise - but frankly, for permanent residence we'd need a bit more square footage than our current motorhome provides.